Introduction --

Macro photography essay --

Micro imaging essay --

Ch. One: Fossil wood structure and identification --

International stratigraphic chart --

Land mass diagrams --

Fossil wood identification definitions --

Identification of Tertiary Period fossil softwoods --

Identification of Tertiary Period fossil hardwoods --

Hardwood identification chart --

Form genus descriptions --

Identification of remarkable and unusual Tertiary fossil woods --

Identification of Mesozoic Era fossil woods --

Identification of Paleozoic Era fossil woods --

Ch. Two: Wood to stone --

Wood composition diagram --

Genesis of agate diagram --

Ch. Three: Fossil woods of the northwestern United States --

Ch. Four: Fossil woods of the southwestern United States --

Arizona --

Utah --

Short shoots --

Cycads --

Conifer cones --

Ch. Five: Fossil woods of the upper interior western United States --

Ch. Six: Fossil woods from worldwide locations --

Ch. Seven: Museum collections --

Ch. Eight: Special collections --

Appendix A: Hardwood identification aids --

Appendix B: Tree name index --

Glossary.